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A joint venture between investment firm Harrison Street and AREP’s PowerHouse Data Centers has sold ABX-1, a 265,580-square-foot data centre in Ashburn, Virginia.
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T-Mobile has opened registration for beta access to its direct-to-cell satellite service with Starlink.
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Low latency network solutions provider Avelacom is set to expand its network infrastructure with new Points of Presence to enhance interconnectivity between the US and Mexican financial markets
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Verizon and Geotab have been hit with a lawsuit alleging the pair infringed patented antenna technologies developed by Fractus.
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Oil and gas giant ExxonMobil is getting in on the data centre rush, with plans to offer its carbon capture and storage (CCS) systems to generate low-carbon electricity sites across the US.
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Intersect Power, a US-based clean energy provider, has penned partnerships with Google and TPG Rise Climate (TPG) to supply power and storage solutions for data centres.
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A US Senator has introduced a draft bill in response to Chinese-linked hacks on US telcos that would force the Federal Communications Commission to introduce cybersecurity rules for telcos.
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Aqua Comms and Ciena have completed what they say is the first-ever 1.3 Tb/s wavelength transmission across 5,500 km of the Atlantic, using Ciena’s WaveLogic 6 Extreme (WL6e) – the industry's first fully programmable coherent technology.
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Verizon's Leighton Griffiths on smart venues, 5G, and the future of fan engagement
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Elon Musk’s OpenAI rival xAI is set to further expand its Colossus supercomputer facility, with an announcement from the Greater Memphis Chamber claiming the site will scale to a whopping one million GPUs.
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Applied Digital, a digital infrastructure solutions provider, has closed $150 million in secured debt financing with Macquarie Equipment Capital.
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The US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has further tightened export rules for advanced semiconductor shipments to China.
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Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has retired from the company and stepped down from the board of directors as the semiconductor giant tries to turn its fortunes around.
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T-Mobile’s cybersecurity chief has come out in support of the company’s security measures after it was targeted by Chinese-linked hackers, saying its defences “worked as designed.”
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According to a new report from the US think tank Jack Kemp Foundation, consumers and small businesses could see energy bills surge by up to 70% within five years, driven by rising power demands from AI data centres.
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has greenlit SpaceX’s Starlink direct-to-phone satellite internet service after a lengthy wait.
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The recent announcement of Jessica Rosenworcel’s departure as FCC Chair has sparked discussions about the commission's future priorities under Brendan Carr’s leadership. Michiel Lotter, CEO and co-founder of Nextivity, sees the FCC’s evolving regulatory focus as a catalyst for the adoption of advanced cellular solutions across industries.
